> What is the music history version of HN In the 11 hours since you commented, the answer appears to be... HN :)
> The national security unit had earlier requested that the Hong Kong Alliance hand over information, reportedly including personal details of all members since the group's founding and financial records. > On Tuesday,…
Came across this column/essay a while back on the theme of making life decisions based on what your future self would regret not doing, and it's stuck with me:…
Similar situation for York -- tourist hotspot, a large chunk of the local jobs in tourism/customer service, retail, food service etc. Article in the local press in the last year (which I obviously can't find now) found…
It's fun to see someone else that does this! I also write code with pen and paper. Mainly for work, but I have good memories of a holiday with a notepad and The Little Schemer (with a long till receipt to cover up the…
I got the impression it was just another dose of the same vaccine(s) already available rather than a new thing. I heard something about tests on vaccine combinations (i.e. different types of vaccine for your 1st & 2nd…
I got a linux laptop from Tuxedo (https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en) and I think the keyboard is the most comfortable and satisfying I've used. (And I have RSI so I'm fairly sensitive to keyboards.)
I really clicked with this part of your article, for the first part of my undergrad maths modules I had been automatically trying to connect these symbols with some global definition and getting in a muddle. I still…
Perhaps 'unintuitive' is a better word to convey what I mean -- as in, there isn't an easily understandable (non-technical) narrative chain of events, there's just 'opaque box malfunctioned'. The cruise-control example…
I feel like part of the problem with the kind of autopilot crashes you describe here is how inexplicable they are to humans. Whilst humans can be dangerous drivers, the incidents they cause generally have a narrative…
Agree. I recently read Pain is Really Strange (Steve Haines) and it was such a perspective shift on my understanding of how different the two are. (The illustrations are fantastic as well.)…
My Nokia 6500 is starting to get a bit flaky, but it's done a good 12 years or so... (It's hard to find a better phone with the same form factor.) I get very attached to my devices, not sure I could deal with a 2-3 year…
> What is the music history version of HN In the 11 hours since you commented, the answer appears to be... HN :)
> The national security unit had earlier requested that the Hong Kong Alliance hand over information, reportedly including personal details of all members since the group's founding and financial records. > On Tuesday,…
Came across this column/essay a while back on the theme of making life decisions based on what your future self would regret not doing, and it's stuck with me:…
Similar situation for York -- tourist hotspot, a large chunk of the local jobs in tourism/customer service, retail, food service etc. Article in the local press in the last year (which I obviously can't find now) found…
It's fun to see someone else that does this! I also write code with pen and paper. Mainly for work, but I have good memories of a holiday with a notepad and The Little Schemer (with a long till receipt to cover up the…
I got the impression it was just another dose of the same vaccine(s) already available rather than a new thing. I heard something about tests on vaccine combinations (i.e. different types of vaccine for your 1st & 2nd…
I got a linux laptop from Tuxedo (https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en) and I think the keyboard is the most comfortable and satisfying I've used. (And I have RSI so I'm fairly sensitive to keyboards.)
I really clicked with this part of your article, for the first part of my undergrad maths modules I had been automatically trying to connect these symbols with some global definition and getting in a muddle. I still…
Perhaps 'unintuitive' is a better word to convey what I mean -- as in, there isn't an easily understandable (non-technical) narrative chain of events, there's just 'opaque box malfunctioned'. The cruise-control example…
I feel like part of the problem with the kind of autopilot crashes you describe here is how inexplicable they are to humans. Whilst humans can be dangerous drivers, the incidents they cause generally have a narrative…
Agree. I recently read Pain is Really Strange (Steve Haines) and it was such a perspective shift on my understanding of how different the two are. (The illustrations are fantastic as well.)…
My Nokia 6500 is starting to get a bit flaky, but it's done a good 12 years or so... (It's hard to find a better phone with the same form factor.) I get very attached to my devices, not sure I could deal with a 2-3 year…